NOVA"Making Stuff: Safer"
This chapter asks the question: Is it possible to engineer a safe world for humans? Host David Pogue explores the extent to which science and technology can protect humankind from monumental forces of nature such as earthquakes and epidemics.G

10:00 pm

Curiosity Quest Goes Green"Reusable Bags"
This is a hot topic in the Environmental Community. Join Joel as he tackles this important discussion of what to do with all the plastic bags. D

10:30 pm

Seeking Water from the Sun
After 30 years off the Navajo Nation, Rosie Sekayumptewa returned to the homestead where three generations of her family have lived. She found the beauty and serenity she remembered-and the scarcity that had shaped her childhood. In Sekayumptewa's corner of the reservation, there is no access to safe, clean water. D

11:00 pm

Alan Alda in Scientific American Frontiers"Make Up Your Mind"
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN FRONTIERS discovers the "you" inside your head - the part of your mind, sitting right behind your forehead, that decides what you do every waking second of the day. The program reconstructs a 150-year-old accident that caused a railroad worker named Phineas Gage to lose his sense of self; sees children's reasoning powers gradually come online; and scans Alan Alda's brain as he struggles to make decisions while feeling cheated. D